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Figurative Language
Elements of a Story
Types of Literature
Types of Stories
Words and Things
100
Language not literal in meaning
What is figurative language
100
A story's most emotional or suspenseful moment (the turning point)
What is the climax
100
A kind, rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery
What is poetry
100
A fictional prose narrative that is usually between 10-20 pages
What is a short story
100
The person who is telling the story
What is a narrator
200
A comparison of two or more things using words "like" or "as"
What is a simile
200
How the story ends
What is the resolution
200
A story written to be acted in front of an audience
What is a drama
200
A work of literature that deals with real people, events, and places
What is nonfiction
200
The type of story
What is genre
300
A nonhuman thing doing a human trait
What is personification
300
A struggle between two forces
What is conflict
300
A brief story that teaches a moral or practical lesson
What is a fable
300
A story of a person's life told by another person
What is a biography
300
A word that means the same as another word
What is a synonym
400
A comparison in which one thing is said to be another thing
What is a metaphor
400
The attitude a writer takes towards the audience
What is tone
400
An exaggerated story
What is a tall tale
400
A story of a person's life written by that person
What is an autobiography
400
A word that means the opposite of another word
What is an antonym
500
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery
500
A sequence of events in the story
What is the plot
500
A fictional story that is usually between 100 and 500 pages
What is a novel
500
The written form of a drama/play
What is a script
500
Story details used to predict what the author is suggesting
What is an inference